Nelson Mandela's Turning points and Achievements.  

Nelson Mandela was the famous and one of the greatest leaders world had ever seen. There are plenty of turning points and achievements he had and some of them are listed below. 

Turning points:

• Nelson Mandela was born at Qunu, near Umtata on 18 July 1918 to a chief councilor to Thembuland’s acting chief David Dalindyebo.
• Mandela was able to finish his degree and qualified as a Lawyer from the university in spite of the unjust nature of South African Society and in the little Economic and Political opportunity environment for black South Africans.
• The Transvaal Law Society tried to have Mandela's first Black Law firm closed down, although this was blocked by the South African Supreme Court.
• By the late 50s, the S.A.state had become increasingly repressive making it more difficult for the ANC to operate. Mandela had to resign from the ANC and work underground. 
• In the late 50s (56 ‒61) there was an extremely lengthy Treason Trial in which Mandela and several others were charged with treason.
• Mandela led to advocate armed struggle in 1960 through the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in the wake of the Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South African’s that changed the whole political climate.
• In 1962 Mandela had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison.
• In 1990 Mandela was released from prison.

      

Achievements:

• When his father died, Mandela and was groomed for becoming chief of his local tribe However, Mandela would never be able to make this commitment.
• In 1952 Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa.
• In 1944 Mandela helped found the ANC Youth League, whose Programme of Action was adopted by the ANC in 1949. 
• In the Treason trial, Mandela did his own defense and eventually proved to be victorious.
• On May 10th, 1994 Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa and was President until June 1999.
• In 1993 Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with F.W. De Klerk